Nurdin Hasan & Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Banda Aceh/Malang – Islamic scholars in Aceh called on Muslim voters to vote only for devout Muslim…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (Fitra) antigraft group has urged the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to cease its…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police are beefing up security in the area bordering Indonesia and…

Weetabula – Indonesians on the remote island of Sumba happily accept chickens and pork from legislative candidates hunting for votes. But, just…

Jakarta – Hundreds of supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the United Development Party (PPP) brawled on the…

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Moeldoko on Friday offered an apology in light of the shooting of a Nasdem Party campaign post…

Josua Gantan – As the Golkar Party readies itself to seize on the upcoming legislative election, political analysts remind voters to keep in mind…

Josua Gantan – With the country's main opposition party seemingly headed for victory in both the legislative election on Wednesday and the…

Michael BachelardL, Indonesia – One-time nude model, polygamist and horror movie actress turned parliamentary candidate Angel Lelga smiles…

Yuliasri Perdani, Atambua – Entering the fifteenth year of Timor Leste's separation from Indonesia, the Indonesian authorities are still…

Once again, on 5-6 April, Christians will come together with the families of victims to commemorate the anniversary of the Liquisa Church Massacre…

Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Regional heads have still not responded to a letter sent out by the country's anti-corruption body…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An Indonesian soldier suffered minor injuries during a firefight between police and members of the Free Papua Movement…

Sita W Dewi and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is…

Jayapura, Papua – Presidential candidate of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Joko Widodo said he would deal with all…

Yogyakarta – A book entitled Benturan NU-PKI 1948-1965 (The NU-PKI clash 1948-1965) has been released by the country's biggest Muslim…

Index: ASA 21/010/2014

Amnesty International calls on the Indonesian authorities to stem the rising tide of political violence in…

Jakarta – The recent nomination of Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a presidential candidate has resulted in a fall in the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ordered the government to force PT Lapindo Berantas to complete the payment of compensation to…

Nivell Rayda, Rangkasbitung – Banten was just waking up. Aside from the gauntlet of trucks hauling electronic appliances and motorcycles and…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With the legislative election set to be held next Wednesday, the Indonesian Military (TNI) will assist the General…

Jakarta – Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), led by The Wahid Institute, have supported the efforts of the congregation of the…

Kennial Caroline Laia & Adelia Anjani Putri, Jakarta – It's election time once more in Indonesia.

Politicians of every stripe are on the…

Hans David Tampubolon and Hasyim Widhiarto, Buleleng/Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri made a…

Hans David Tampubolon and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) have not seen eye…

Bagus BT Saragih, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Struggling to lift his electability rating to a competitive level, the Golkar Party's presidential…

Jakarta – The National Police named PT Coca Cola Bottling Indonesia (CCB) a suspect on Friday, in an alleged illegal groundwater extraction case…

Indah Setiawati and Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration plans to establish a memorial site at a mass grave in Pondok Ranggon…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta/Mataram – A group of university professors and intellectuals announced on Wednesday its…

Jonathan Thatcher, Yogyakarta – It was Indonesia's most ubiquitous smile. Once dubbed the smiling general despite his iron rule of more than three…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang – There is a tendency in this year's election that some of those vying for seats in the legislature are "instant…

Jakarta – At least 100 protesters demanded the immediate release of 76 political prisoners in Papua outside the Indonesian Embassy in London, UK,…

Vita A.D. Busyra, Jakarta – In recent years, the Indonesian political scene has come alive with a host of old and new faces introducing themselves…

Jayapura – Two students who were arrested by the Police on Wednesday (2/4) for leading a demonstration demanding the release of Papuan political…

Jakarta – As political campaigns heat up ahead of the April 9 legislative elections, critics have voiced concerns that candidates have been too…

Linda Yulisman and Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government and Bank Indonesia (BI) have ruled out the possibility of revising policy to cope…

Neil Chatterjee & Fitri Wulandari – As smoke from Indonesia's burning forests drifted across the Strait of Malacca into Singapore last June,…

Philip Dorling – The federal government has successfully blocked the release of secret archives that would reveal Australian knowledge of…

Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has urged voters not to vote for candidates who oppose tobacco-control measures in the upcoming legislative election…

Jakarta – An NGO says the government must implement comprehensive protection for migrant workers and their families by revising Law No. 39/2004 on…

With politicians currently crisscrossing the country on the campaign trail speaking to all-singing, all-dancing crowds of thousands, one subject…

Jakarta – A coalition of women's rights activists, under the umbrella of Indonesia Beragam, is calling for more female representation in the House…

London – Dozens of protestors today demanded the immediate release of political prisoners in West Papua at a peaceful rally outside Indonesia's…

Josua Gantan & Vita A.D. Busyra, Jakarta – Violations of campaign regulations are on the rise as Indonesia's legislative election approaches…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – If voting changed anything, it would be made illegal, said notable philosopher Emma Goldman decades ago on the…

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – The electability of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) soared after it officially named Jakarta Governor…

Yermias Degei, Jayapura – Jayapura municipal police arrested two West Papuan students, Alfares Kapisa (25) and Yali Wenda (20) at a peaceful…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Busyro Muqoddas has lambasted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (…

Admin MS, Jayapura – Today on Wednesday April 2, Papua Student Solidarity with Political Prisoners (SMPTN-Papua), which is made up of students…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch/Radio Australia/Radio NZ International/Free West Papua Campaign) – Protesters have taken to the streets and the…